Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- 34 OF THE BT RPONS WHEN SOMEONE ASSUM AND CALLS YOU GAY
- I’M GAY FOR YOU AND YOU’RE GAY FOR ME - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD
- KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
* your gay for me *
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34 OF THE BT RPONS WHEN SOMEONE ASSUM AND CALLS YOU GAY
Barbiemania htg s peak summer 2023 helped one 30-year-old wrer release the childhood shame he felt when playg wh Barbie dolls as a young gay child. * your gay for me *
When I was a cky 20-year-old I, too, was dismissive of olr gay people bee I was small-md and thought the gay scene was solely for the young. When was reported that 18-year-old Jake Daniels — the UK’s first active gay male profsnal footballer — was a lovg relatnship wh a 46-year-old man, Twter was ablaze wh self-righteo nmnatn om LGBTQ+ people.
Even worse, language like ‘groomer’ and ‘nonce’ — trop that are routely ed by anti-gay people to publicly beltle — was beg trotted out by my fellow gay men.
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I’M GAY FOR YOU AND YOU’RE GAY FOR ME - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD
There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay, but there are still many rotten eggs who throw around slurs and ll people gay mdlsly, so helps to know what to say when someone lls you gay. * your gay for me *
Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.
KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
As a 30-year-old gay man, I’ve met a lot of other queer people who also hid parts of themselv childhood. Experimentg wh femy the safety of the home — even somethg as mcule as selectg girl characters vio gam and livg virly through her abily to kick ass — seems to be a shared gay experience for many of .
None of this mak a person gay, of urse. It feels remiscent of the adoratn that gay fans hold toward old Hollywood beti like Joan Crawford and Judy Garland, or the pageant-style exaggeratns of femy that unrpned so much of early drag culture.